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'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking societyNew research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.
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7 myths about the Vikings that are (almost) totally falseAll that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.
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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytailThis tiny figurine may represent a mythical warrior maiden who assisted Odin, the Norse god of war.
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Viking quiz: How much do you know about these seaborne raiders, traders and explorers?See if your Viking Age trivia knowledge is in ship-shape condition with our quiz.
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'Vulva stone' and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in NorwayAn excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia.
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Were the Vikings really that violent?The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.
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1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in SwedenArchaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines.
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Why didn't the Vikings colonize North America?The Vikings landed in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around the year A.D. 1000. So why didn't they colonize the region like other Europeans did centuries later?
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50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon'Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well.
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